ROTARY ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotary engine mean? 

• ROTARY ENGINE (noun)
  The noun ROTARY ENGINE has 2 senses:

1. an internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components

2. an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase

  Familiarity information: ROTARY ENGINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROTARY ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rotary engine" is a kind of...):

ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rotary engine"):

turbine (rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate)

epitrochoidal engine; Wankel engine; Wankel rotary engine (a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

radial engine; rotary engine

Hypernyms ("rotary engine" is a kind of...):

ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)